By Ainsley Hall, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Families throughout the community celebrated the beginning of a new year during the 2024 Apple Drop event on New Year’s Eve. The event was cancelled last year due to bad weather, but this year many families came out to celebrate. The Apple[Read More…]

The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A new year has dawned, but some issues and developments will still carry over from 2023. Here are some developing news stories to keep an eye on in the new year. Local elections are fast approaching in the early months of 2024. Here are the[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Commission announced Thursday that it has received a check for nearly $3 million from the West Virginia First Qualified Settlement Fund as part of recent opioid settlement litigation. Over the next decade, the state is set to receive nearly[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — When the new year arrives, Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia may see a higher bill. However any changes in customers’ bills should be minimal, the company said Wednesday. Appalachian Power, along with Wheeling Power, filed a settlement agreement Wednesday with[Read More…]

Company honored for its investment in and commitment to Mountain State By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — To mark the start of a project that has been called the largest single capital investment in West Virginia’s history, officials with Nucor Corp. set an ambitious goal. During[Read More…]

By Brett Dunlap, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A group who hunted relics over the past few months on Fort Boreman Hill presented their findings to the Wood County Commission on Thursday. Brian Kesterson of the 35th State Relic Hunters appeared before the commission to present their[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington Sanitary Board’s second phase of its rate increase staggered over four years will go into effect for all usage after Jan. 1, 2024. The increase will show on residents’ bills in March. Huntington City Council approved the rate increase last December[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Finding productive ways to spend $1.9 million resulting from a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors could become the focus of county and regional task forces. Attorney Truman Chafin of The Chafin Law Firm stopped Dec. 20 at the Mercer County[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – Wheeling Park High School students soon will be snatching a second chance at breakfast from vending machines filled with approved items. Ohio County Schools provides free breakfast and lunch to students, and state law also requires they offer a “second chance” breakfast[Read More…]

By Del. David Elliott Pritt, The Fayette Tribune FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — Growing up in Fayette County, I had the honor of knowing and being raised by members of our nation’s “greatest generation.” My great-grandma Dorothy and other older family members who lived through the Great Depression and World War[Read More…]